The Xbox Scorpio has been confirmed to support Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

UPDATE ONE: In some new related news announced today, one of the few confirmed Xbox Scorpio games announced for 2017 has been delayed.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War's launched has been stalled for almost two months and will now arrive on October 10, 2017.

The delay announcement from Monolith in full: "Middle-earth: Shadow of War expands gameplay in every dimension, including the massive open world, the story, the RPG systems, and personal player stories of the Nemesis System.

"As with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monolith is committed to delivering the highest quality experience. In order to do this, we have made the difficult decision to move our launch date to ensure that Middle-earth: Shadow of War will deliver on that promise.

"We understand that it might be disappointing to have to wait a little longer for the release and are sorry for the delay, but we are working hard to make an amazing game. We’re excited to show more at E3."

While this will be disappointing for fans hoping to start playing in August – the original release date given – the Xbox Scorpio should not be affected.

While the Xbox Scorpio release date is still unknown, it seems likely that the Middle-Earth team have access to a devkit.

This would mean that whenever the Scorpio is launched, it should also be ready for the upgraded Microsoft console.

The Xbox Scorpio will be officially unveiled during E3 2017 later this month, where fans will learn the full price and what the final design of the console will be.

We already know that Microsoft's upgraded gaming machine will boast native 4K support for select titles, with the released specs sheet also confirming that there has been a clear hardware upgrade which will benefit all existing titles.

The console has a CPU that is 30% faster than that of the original Xbox One, while the GPU is 4.6 times more powerful than its predecessor.